Is George Clooney's London Home About To Get Flooded?

Under threat: Aerial photographs show the floodwater, seen centre at the bottom of the image, slowly encroaching on the riverside mansion owned by Hollywood star George Clooney and his human rights lawyer wife Amal, 37, after the Thames burst its banks  

Daily Mail: Floods hell for George Clooney as the Thames bursts its banks and threatens to inundate his £10m riverside mansion

 * George Clooney and his human rights lawyer wife Amal, 37, bought the nine-bed property in Berkshire in 2014
 * But a large part of the riverside property's sprawling grounds have been flooded after the Thames burst its banks
 * Environment Agency has warned there could be more flooding today after heavy downpours over recent weeks

These aerial photographs show floodwater threatening to inundate George Clooney's £10million sprawling country pile after the Thames burst its banks.

The Hollywood actor, 54, and his human rights lawyer wife Amal, 37, have been renovating their nine-bedroom mansion in a village near Reading, Berkshire.

But today the results of the multi-million pound revamp appeared at risk as muddied water poured on to a large patch of their sprawling garden, which backs on to the swollen river.

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Editor: I suspect that he and his wife and an army of workers are watching this development very closely.

Inside Tamara Ecclestone's 57-Room £70 Million Mansion In Kensington

Tamara's grade II*-listed house stands on London's most expensive street, Kensington Palace Gardens, where her neighbours include ambassadors and just across the road the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 

  Inside Tamara Ecclestone's 57-Room, £70 Million Mansion In London's Most Expensive Street... Where She Spends Most Of Her Time In Just THREE Rooms -- Daily Mail 

* The value of the house in Kensington has has jumped from £25 million to approximately £70 million since work was completed
 * West London house has four storeys above ground and two below

Socialite Tamara Ecclestone is a home-loving girl, and so she should be, when that home contains 57 rooms, is worth an estimated £70 million, and stands on the most expensive street in London. 

Tamara, the eldest daughter of Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone, has lived in the house with her husband, Jay Rutland, and their five-month-old daughter, Sophia, for a year.

The incredible house - built in the early 1900s - has four storeys above ground and two below and its value has almost doubled since the two-year renovation project she masterminded with London-born but Los Angeles-based designer Gavin Brodin was finished in 2013.

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My Comment: For a young lady .... she has taste .... and she also has the money.

A £250 Million Home In London

Central: The house is within easy walking distance of Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus 

 The £250MILLION Home: London House Set To Become UK's Most Expensive Property Ever Sold As It Is Put Up For Sale -- Daily Mail 

* 18 Carlton House Terrace said to be on sale on secret 'grey market'
* It is set to be the most valuable property ever sold in the UK
* Home near Trafalgar Square has more living space than a football pitch
* Believed to be owned by secretive Saudi royal who will not allow photos An end of terrace home in London is set to become the most expensive property ever sold in the UK after it went on the market for £250million.

The six-storey Grade I listed Regency mansion is a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace and boasts 50,000 sq ft of living space, making it one of the capital’s largest private homes.

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My Comment: The house (from the outside) does not look like something that is worth £250 million. But it is probably worth that much because of it's location. After-all .... the key to real estate is always location, location, and location .... and if that is the case, this property has it all.

Nepalese Embassy On London's 'Boulevard of Billionaires' Now On Sale

Nepalese Embassy On London's 'Boulevard Of Billionaires' Could Be Sold For £100m Sparking Anger Among Gurkhas -- Daily Mail 

* Run down embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens needs urgent repairs
* Nepal were given the embassy as a gift as a thank you to the Gurkhas in the British armed forces
* Anger among soldiers who regard the property as part of their history
* Nepal pay a nominal £1,000 a year rent for the 32,000square foot property

The Nepalese embassy on one of London's most exclusive streets could be sold for more than £100million - sparking anger among Gurkhas.

The exclusive property is situated in Kensington Palace Gardens in west London which is one of the world's most exclusive roads with homes rarely coming onto the open market.

The potential sale has sparked anger among the Nepalese in the UK and abroad, because of the close links between Britain and Nepal.

If the property is put up for sale, it is bound to spark interest from some of the world's richest people.

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 My Comment: The Gurkhas are right .... this is a part of their heritage that is now being sold off.

Formula One Heiress Petra Ecclestone Wants To Unload Her London Mansion For $52 Million

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Ecclestone Is Supposedly Trying To Unload Her London Mansion For $52 Million -- Business Insider

Is this what sibling rivalry looks like when a few hundred million dollars are thrown into the mix?

Days after 28-year-old Formula One heiress Tamara Ecclestone was reported to have listed her London pad for $32 million, celebrity real estate blogger The Real Estalker reports that younger sister Petra has put her own London home on the market with a $52 million price tag.

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Update: Petra (Ecclestone) Stunt Sells Up in London, Too -- The Real Estalker

Editor: The listing (with photos) is here.

The World's Mega-Rich Are Flocking To London To Buy A Home

The apartments at One Hyde Park have been mostly purchased by foreign-registered buyers, according to The Guardian. It said the prices ranged from 3 million to 136 million British pounds ($4.9 million to $221 million). istockphoto.com

London Real Estate, A Magnet For Mega-Rich From Around The Globe -- NPR

Looking for a London pied-a-terre? How about a four-bedroom duplex overlooking Hyde Park? It could be yours, if you're prepared to spend $25 million.

In most of the United Kingdom, property prices are slumping. But in some of London's most upscale neighborhoods, they're going crazy.

Robin Perona sweeps the sidewalk at Egerton Crescent, a gracious semicircle of white townhouses in fashionable Chelsea.

In the 1990s, they cost about $700,000 each. Today the average price is some $13 million — or 8 million British pounds. Perona shakes his head when told he's sweeping Britain's most expensive street.

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My Comment: $221 million for a condo at One Hyde Park .... that's nuts.

Roman Abramovich Puts His Unfinished English Mansion On The Market For £70m

Enormous: This image shows what Mr Abramovich had planned to do to the property

Roman Abramovich Puts His Unfinished Mansion On The Market For £70m... But It Will Cost Buyer An Extra £15m To Finish The Job -- Daily Mail

Billionaire Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has put his London mansion on the market for a staggering £70 million - despite it being unfinished.

The Russian oligarch has spent the past decade buying up nine flats across two buildings in the exclusive Lowndes Square.

It was his plan to turn the properties into one of the capital’s finest homes but he’s now gone cool on the idea after planning permission on the property expired.

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My Comment: £70m plus another £15m .... no.

The Royal Hospital Chelsea Puts Up The Gordon House For Sale

Premier league: the sale of Gordon House for £75m will elevate the 19th century building into the London property elite

The Royal Hospital Chelsea Up For Sale -- The Telegraph

Gordon House, which is being sold by The Royal Hospital Chelsea, will be one of the most expensive homes in London. Luckily, it’s for a good cause.

When central London properties change hands for vast sums of money, the people who profit are rarely the frail and the deserving. But when Gordon House, in Chelsea, finds a buyer, those are precisely the people who will benefit, for generations to come.

This little-known 19th-century residence has never been on the market, but it stands in two acres of the most expensive land in the world. It is within the grounds of the Royal Hospital, home for more than three centuries to the crimson-coated Chelsea Pensioners.

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My Comment: A so-so place .... but the price tag is all about location, location, location. A photo gallery of the Royal Hospital Chelsea can be viewed here.

A Look Inside Britain's Most Exclusive Apartment Block

Prime spot: The development has panoramic views across Hyde Park and Kensington

REVEALED: A Look Inside Britain's Most Exclusive Apartment Block As £65m Flat At One Hyde Park Goes Up For Sale -- Daily Mail

* Lavish five-bedroom property is one of only handful ever to reach open market
* Eighth-floor apartment boasts panoramic views of Hyde Park and Knightsbridge
* Development saw one flat sell for £136m last year
* Buyer will join roll call of billionaire residents in one of London's lowest council tax brackets

It is a central London pied-a-terre with a price tag that only the world's richest can afford to pay. A lavish apartment at the Candy & Candy development One Hyde Park has come up for sale - one of only a handful of properties in the billionaire-friendly block to reach the open market - and it could be yours for a cool £65m.

The five-bedroom flat, described on property finding website zoopla.co.uk as 'exceptional', has magnificent panoramic views of Hyde Park and Knightsbridge and has been fitted out to the highest specifications.

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My Comment: £65m for a condo .... not for me.

Anyone For A £40m Trophy Home?

£39,950,000: Set in a street of mansions, this East Finchley, north London, property master's bedroom has his and her marble bathrooms

Anyone For A £40m Trophy Home? London's Booming Super-Rich Property Market Revealed... While The Rest Of The Country Sits In The Doldrums -- Daily Mail

The economic malaise may be dragging down property prices around the country.

But in one part of Britain – the capital – it seems there are still plenty of people with cash to splash on their ideal home.

Estate agent Savills alone has more than 50 houses on sale for more than £15million in London.

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My Comment: These homes are not cheap.

Britain's Richest Street

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Britain's Richest Street: The Place By The Palace, Where The Average House Price Is £19.5m -- Daily Mail

They are beyond the reach of mere mortals. In fact, the homes in Kensington Palace Gardens would be too pricey even for many celebrities, bankers and lottery winners.

A string of eye-watering property deals has helped to turn it into Britain’s most expensive street.

The average price of a mansion in the affluent road in Kensington, West London, is an astonishing £19.2million, according to a study by property company Zoopla.

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